Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Knox, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Knox and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Knox
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Knox:
- 44.517294, -69.213375
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Knox
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Waldo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Waldo County
- Since Knox is near Kennebec County and also Penobscot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Kennebec County
- eBird sighting report for Penobscot County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Knox ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Knox.
Within Maine, the name Knox is unique.
Beyond Maine, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Henry County
- This Knox is located in Henry County and lies 894 miles [1,438.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Knox that is located in Waldo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Knox.
- Starke County
- This Knox is located in Starke County and lies 906 miles [1,458.1 km] to the west of the Knox that is located in Waldo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Starke County community of Knox.
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Manitoba
- This Knox lies 1,478 miles [2,378.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Knox that is located in Waldo County.
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Knox County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Knox [Knox County].
- Polk County
- This Knox is located in Polk County and lies 1,354 miles [2,179.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Knox that is located in Waldo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Knox.
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New York
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Knox County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Knox [Knox County].
- Paulding County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Knox [Paulding County].
- Vinton County
- This Knox is located in Vinton County and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Knox that is located in Waldo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vinton County community of Knox.
- Pennsylvania
- Beaver County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Knox [Beaver County].
- Clarion County
- This Knox is located in Clarion County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Knox that is located in Waldo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of Knox.
- South Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Knox ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Butlers Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butlers Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Corner
- Butlers Corner is located in Waldo County
- Evans Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evans Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Corner
- Evans Corner is located in Waldo County
- Farwells Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farwells Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwells Corner
- Farwells Corner is located in Waldo County
- Freedom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freedom have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Freedom is located in Waldo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freedom <5>
- Gregorys Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gregorys Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregorys Corner
- Gregorys Corner is located in Waldo County
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Liberty is located in Waldo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 977 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty <5>
- Neals Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neals Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neals Corner
- Neals Corner is located in Waldo County
- Pauls Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pauls Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls Corner
- Pauls Corner is located in Waldo County
- Polands Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Polands Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polands Corner
- Polands Corner is located in Waldo County
- Poors Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poors Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poors Mill
- Poors Mill is located in Waldo County
- Unity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unity have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Unity is located in Waldo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Unity <5>
- Waldo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Waldo is located in Waldo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 872 people
How Far From Knox to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Knox to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Knox and extending to:
- Belfast, which is the Seat of Waldo County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Knox to Belfast, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 31 miles [49.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 559 miles [899.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,345 miles [8,601.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,058 miles [9,749.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,933 miles [6,329.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Knox. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Knox could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Knox) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Knox. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5173, Longitude: -69.2134 In this case, the coordinates for Knox have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Knox, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <7> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Knox to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.489 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.276 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.544 degrees. |